Evening Reading
Just when I think messing around with computer hardware is starting to get easy enough where I would feel comfortable suggesting a non-geeky...
Just when I think messing around with computer hardware is starting to get easy enough
where I would feel comfortable suggesting a non-geeky friend give it a try I run in to
some insane nonsense dealing with bios updates and all that other crap. While I am
comfortable still doing that kind of thing it still baffles me that a company can expect
all of their customers to be. I suppose that is why those Geek Squad things make so much
money though. Sigh.
- One-way trip
to Mars
? - Is Tru2way hot?
- Your farts are killing
the world
- Facebook hacked
by Chinese
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- Bourne Conspiracy trailer
- Spore creature phase trailer
and screenshots
- BioShock 3 for PS3 dated and screenshots
- Far Cry 2 preview
- Tom Clancy's HAWX preview
- Mario Kart shapes Tom
Clancy's EndWar
- Prince of Persia preview
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 announced with trailer and screenshots
- Prince of Persia trailer and screenshots
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway trailer
and screenshots
- New Wario Land, Fire Emblem unveiled
- Incredible Guitar Hero: On Tour trailer
- Far Cry 2 trailer and screenshots
- Gears of War 2 details
- Raving Rabbids TV party trailer
and screenshots
- Soul Calibur XBLA trailer
- The PlayStation 3 is back on track!
really!
Lastly, given that our server didnt blow up last night with all of those stats we linked
yesterday, I suppose we can almost feel comfortable starting to integrate that stuff
further. One would hope there are a zillion uses for this kind of thing. From as simple as
customizing your news feeds to even suggesting what type of games you would like ala
Netflix style. One thing is for sure though, I sure know how to make a website ugly!
Thanks!
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replyI haven't enjoyed a game's flamethrower since RTCW.
Far Cry 2's is gonna give that flamethrower a run for its money http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52884-
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Supposedly there's a flamethrower in Gears of War 2 that's pretty cool as well. Hitting the perfect reload on it increases it's range and intensity.
Read more here: http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/05/28/gears-of-war-2-multiplayer-detail-explosion/-
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I'm at the point where I pretty much have the timings for all the guns in my head. I don't have to look.
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I'll still look if I really want to make sure I get that active reload. Like with the sniper rifle I will often look because it makes such a big difference with that gun but even then when I am reloading as someone is closing on me I just feel it out.
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I love a good flamethrower - like Kingpin, RTCW, TF2.
Fire looks like it plays a big part in FarCry 2 if you've watched any of the gameplay videos. You can set the buildings, trees, and savanahs align, then the wind can carry the flame and move it along to do all sorts of crazy shit.
I just hope that the guns in FarCry 2 go where you point them, and have some stopping power. FarCry 1 was legendary because it had more than 1 gun which could mess guys up from a decent range, and the guns generally shot where you pointed them. FarCry 2 is in one bigass map though - so I'm worried they might try and make it last longer and feel more dangerous by gimping the shit out of the guns.
Here's hoping it is as awesome as it looks - a huge map (20, or 50 square km they said?), shitkicking guns, good ai, non-linear mission structure, and then 99% just setting you loose to do as you see fit.-
Kingpin's flamethrower sucked, but you can't attribute that to the weapon itself. It definitely threw flames. The 'sucked' part about it was how you would light guys on fire, who would then proceed to run around like retards, screaming their heads off. Then, suddenly, MAGICALLY, the flames would go out and they would continue shooting like nothing happened.
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I loved Kingpin :)
My love of the flamethrower was probably influenced by how amazing it looked. I have only passing recollection as to its effectiveness, and thinking back on it, I seem to recall being in a crappy spot on a roof with the flamethrower trying to find health after I guy I tagged didn't die from it.
I remember I loved the game and its style - and I remember that the tommygun was damned effective.
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TF2 I would say is the de facto minimum all flamethrowers in games should be like.
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I'm going by looks mainly.
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Bleh, with the TF2 one you can totally cover people in flames and still not set them alight, and yet if you run past a pyro as one of the weaker classes you can die in under a second despite him not even looking at you,
Its hit detection is awful, and seems to be getting worse. It also likes to shoot out at odd angles, too. Trying to burn someone on the floor below you is almost impossible, the flame just wants to zoom off at right angles :(-
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I played NS all the time, and I keep forgetting about #2 until someone posts about it. It's always a couple months between the times when I go and look at their website, and always it seems like they have made 0 progress. :(
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They've got mockups now... are they even working on NS2 at all? :( NS2 is the next DNF at this rate.
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oh man i love NS...can't wait for their sequel
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Slated for Fall/Winter 08
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definately between RTCW and Kingpin for best looking flamethrower, loved them both. From what I've seen the FC2 one looks pretty crap.....but I haven't tried it myself of course
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the flamethrower in Call of Duty United Offensive deservers some props I feel
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DBrqoisOOOU
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